Speculant said:this (or any other small form factor portible hd) + velcro = no need for sd cards for storage?
seems like a pretty excellent idea to me, except for the additional bulkiness
atomicthumbs said:
-Tj- said:Also, I don't completely trust SD or other flash-based memory. I've had too many corrupt on me, almost all of them from reputable manufacturers (Sony, SanDisk). I can't imagine losing 32GB of data at once, or having to recover that 32GB. >_<
Quite true, but I tend to trust HDDs more than flash memory because of my track record with them. I'd say my ratio's something like 40% problem rate with flash-based memory, opposed to maybe 10% with HDD. The flash-based stuff are from different manufacturers, so I feel none of them can be trusted. With HDDs, however, all the ones that have failed on me were Maxtors, before Seagate acquired them. Needless to say I don't buy their products anymore. :lol:valhalla said:You never trust any storage device: you keep at least 3 copies of all of your data, on different storage mediums, in different places.![]()
Besides, I've seen more hard disks die than flash memory, but that's also because I've seen lots of dead HDs before flash was available on the consumer market.
levi said:Nothing wrong with using one of these 1.8" drives in an external case (which I guess is what these are) - the original iPod showed you don't need a massive battery to keep one of those running, so I'd guess it'll cut battery life by 10-20% at most. But I'll be leaving mine at home/in the hotel/wherever, not taking it with me like the Pandora. I wouldn't want to lose or break 160GB worth of data!
Xian Long said:atomicthumbs said:
it will probably cut portability considerably
-Tj- said:How is that a solution? You'd end up being smaller than the battery! :lol: